FYI - The New Book of Popular Science

GrolierEducational has launched The New Book of Popular Science Online, allowingstudents in grades 5 and up to explore scientific information and interactive activities.Based on the six-volume print set, the online book features over 400 articlespacked with information covering the animal world, astronomy and space,biology, chemistry, earth science, energy, the environment, human life,mathematics, physics, the plant world, and technology. A 1.5-million-wordencyclopedia database also links to interactive articles, photographs, artworkand illustrations, terrestrial and celestial maps, bibliographies, links toarticles, and full science appendices. Visit Grolier online at http://go.grolier.com.

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